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Nov 28 2021 08:17pm
Quote (Sandraptor @ Oct 31 2021 08:07am)
Since this got necro’d, Median XL 2.0 is a masterpiece. If you haven’t tried it because it’s different, you’re being ignorant. My opinion is that Median is night and day a better game than vanilla but it doesn’t have PvP — strictly a very fun and challenging PvM experience.

I returned to Diablo for pvp and new graphics but the game experience from walking through norm-hell, the abysmal drop rates, and the stale repeated farming is mind numbing and extremely boring. I’m committed to finishing my pvp chars otherwise I’d have quit already. Lots of nostalgia for sure but it’s just not optimized.

It’s a shame Median XL will likely never be playable on Resurrected graphics or it would be mindblowingly successful

Edit: Median is not some D3 “everything gg drops in an hour” either but you don’t have to do 5,000 trav runs for a hr. Drops are healthier and the farming activities both make more sense and are more rewarding. There’s zones that have drop biases for certain things such as uniques or sets that you can target farm and they’re less repetitive


This post makes me interested in trying the mod. Like OP... Mods are not really my thing, but it is nice to try different perspectives of a beloved game. Now.. to get it installed.
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Dec 10 2021 07:57pm
Quote (SquidStar @ Nov 28 2021 09:17pm)
This post makes me interested in trying the mod. Like OP... Mods are not really my thing, but it is nice to try different perspectives of a beloved game. Now.. to get it installed.


I'm interested in trying it out tonight if anyone wants to roll a toon with me
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Dec 10 2021 08:55pm
Median XL is definitely worth trying, it’s a completely different game and has so much for it. I recommend just snagging a guide off the forums and running with it. Once you get going you will start to understand what’s going on.

I’m already bored of pd2 tbh. Found a few hrs, have best in slot gear and am now in the farm maps and start corrupting best in slot gear to get godly godly best in slot gear.. and it just seems daunting to me. Maps take like 20-30 minutes each solo and drop like 1-2 uniques and maybe a rune if you are lucky. Players 8, make sure you are on the correct GS or you won’t get any drops whatsoever. If your ping is 200, loot is not going into your inventory no matter what lol.

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Dec 11 2021 06:39am
Definitely worth at least a playthrough. Gonna go and join the new season once I've squeezed out every bit of fun from PD2 that I can, excited to see all the changes since before Sigma.
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